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PRESS RELEASES

The press releases listed here below are available upon request also in Italian, French, Spanish and German (Stefania Arioli, e-mail: s.arioli@amaplast.org).

Italy at Chinaplas

The thirty-seventh edition of CHINAPLAS (Shenzhen, 15-18 April 2025) will feature around forty Italian companies in the nearly 1,300-square-metre national pavilion...

A moderate slowdown offset by structural solidity

The Italian plastics and rubber machinery industry experienced a mix of highs and lows in 2024...

Spotlight on Mexico

Thirty-four Italian companies will be part of the Italian Pavillion present at the specialized tradeshow Plastimagen, Mexico City, March 11 to 14, 2025...

Momentary setback

The 2024 full-year forecast developed by Amaplast MECS Study Centre indicates a drop of approximately nine percentage points...

Signs of slowdown

ISTAT data for Italian foreign trade in machinery, equipment, and moulds for plastics and rubber in the first half of 2024 evidence a progressive drop in trade in both directions compared to the same period in 2023....

Amaplast Assembly

On Thursday, 6 June 2024, Villa Arconati hosted the annual Members Assembly of Amaplast...

19 Italian companies in the Amaplast collective at the NPE fair in Orlando

Italy in a protagonist role at NPE, the leading North American plastics fair taking place 6–10 May in Orlando, Florida..

Plastics machinery: it's a date at Chinaplas with over 40 companies

Over 40 Italian companies will comprise the national pavilion organized by Amaplast for the 36th edition of Chinaplas (Shanghai, 23-26 April 2024)....

A record 4.8-billion-euro 2023 balance sheet

The final figures for 2023 are official, and the picture that emerges is that of another record-breaking year.....

Encouraging preliminary results, despite a few shadows

According to estimates by the Amaplast-MECS Statistical Study Center, in 2023 the Italian plastics and rubber machinery production could set a new all-time record for the sector of over 4.8 billion euros.....

Tricolour Mexico: 30-company collective at Plastimagen

Around thirty companies will take part in the Italian collective at the specialized Plastimagen fair in Mexico City, 7-10 November 2023....

Massimo Margaglione is the new President of Amaplast

There is a new President at the Amaplast helm for the two-year term 2023-2025: Massimo Margaglione (Gefit spa), who was Vice President for the past 4 years and now receives the baton from Dario Previero. Also elected were the two Vice Presidents: Gabriele Caccia (Syncro srl) for a second term and Barbara Ulcelli (IMG srl) in her first term....

Plastics processing machinery: appointment at Chinaplas with over 40 businesses

At the thirty-fifth Chinaplas fair (Shenzhen, 17-20 April 2023), the Italian collective organized by Amaplast will comprise some forty Italian businesses occupying an area of 1,000 square metres...

2022 balance - Beyond all expectation

The year-end figures for 2022 are official and the picture is a year worth framing: the Italian plastics and rubber technology industry closed the year with a turnover of 4.67 billion euros (+5%), the second-best performance ever. ..

New Packaging Regulation: views from the packaging supply chain

The conference organised by Amaplast and Ucima in cooperation with Confindustria Veneto Est presented the views and considerations of leading players in the supply chain and of the institutions...

The plastics and rubber processing machinery industry holds its ground

The full-year forecast developed by the Amaplast-MECS Statistical Studies Centre highlights overall good performance for the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment, and moulds industry.....

Plastics and rubber processing machinery towards K at full speed

A growing order book characterizes the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery manufacturing industry....